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Canadian football, or simply football, is a sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field 110 yards (101 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide, attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's end zone.
The former United States Football League had a triple-overtime playoff game on 30 June 1984, with the Los Angeles Express defeating the Michigan Panthers 27–21 on a walk-off touchdown 3:33 of triple overtime. At 93:33 of total play, this is the longest professional football game ever played in the United States.
In Canadian football, each team has two timeouts per game, but in the CFL, a team cannot use both in the last three minutes of the game. Canadian football has a three-minute whereas American football has a two-minute warning. In both codes, the respective warning amounts to an extra time-out, with the clock being stopped either at the requisite ...
The 93rd Grey Cup game was held on November 27, 2005, at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes, to decide the winner of the 2005 season of the Canadian Football League. The Eskimos prevailed over the Alouettes in a 38–35 overtime victory.
The BC Lions are the 1985 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37–24, at Montreal's Olympic Stadium.This was BC's first Grey Cup victory since 1964.The Lions' Roy Dewalt (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and James "Quick" Parker (DE) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence, while Lui Passaglia (K/P) was named the Grey Cup's Most ...
College football's overtime rules have seen drastic changes in recent years. Here's what to know of CFB's OT periods, including 2-point conversions.
College football’s overtime rules are changing, albeit slightly, this upcoming 2021 season. Overtime is one of the best aspects of college football. Each team gets a possession, starting at the ...
Two-point conversions were adopted in Canadian amateur football and the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1975. [9] Per current CFL rules, they are mandatory at any point in overtime. The original United States Football League adopted the two-point conversion rule for its entire existence from 1983 to 1985.